TY - BOOK AU - González, Justo L. AU - TI - A History of Early Christian Literature SN - 9780664264444 U1 - 270.1 CY - U.S.A. KW - Christianity and culture -- History -- Early church, ca 30-600 KW - early Christian literature N2 - In this groundbreaking work, esteemed historian of Christianity Justo González chooses to focus on the literature of early Christianity. Beginning with the epistolary writings of the earliest Christian writers of the second century CE, he moves through apologies, martyrologies, antiheretical polemics, biblical commentaries, sermons, all the way up through Augustine's invention of spiritual autobiography and beyond. Throughout he demonstrates how literary genre played a decisive role in the construction of theological meaning. Covering the earliest noncanonical Christian writings through the fifth century and later, this book will serve as an indispensable guide to students studying the theology of the early church UR - https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14081/h.jpg ER -